I love reading about Richard Marquand, his story and involvement in ROTJ. A few of the other OT threads about him which, could be of interest others reading this?:
• Interview With Richard Marquand Director of Return of the Jedi (June 1983) - 2011 thread, by Tobar
• Audio Interview with Richard Marquand (May 1983) - 2012 thread, by Tobar
• Rinzler writes about Marquand in Blueprints - 2011 thread, by Heilemann
• What was the point of hiring Richard Marquand in the first place? - 2016 thread, by Density
Are there more threads about or featuring Marquand on here?
Some of my favourite informative articles & videos on Marquand:
• Richard Marquand And His Amazing Contribution To Star Wars - at The Bearded Trio
• Vintage Richard Marquand Interview - at The Bearded Trio
• Starlog interview with Richard Marquand (1983) - at Starlog, Issue 71 (via The Internet Archive website)
• Richard Marquand interview: Return Of The Jedi, Star Wars - at Den Of Geek (2013 - previously unpublished)
• A Tribute To Richard Marquand - You Tube video by Rob Wainfur
• Richard Marquand directing a scene, out loud, from Return of the Jedi - You Tube video by violistarevirtuoso
• Radio Archive: Richard Marquand interview Return of the Jedi review - You Tube video by palimpsest2011
• James Marquand: talks about growing up in the Jedi glow - at FanthaTracks
• James Marquand - Star Wars: Life growing up in the Jedi’s glow - at the BBC
• An Interview And A Box - at the official Star Wars website (with JW Rinzler talking about Marquand and the ROTJ ‘Making Of’ book)
• The Curious Case Of The ‘Return Of The Jedi‘ Director - at Uproxx
• Who is the Supreme Intellect that Lucas spoke of to Richard Marquand? - at In A Far Away Galaxy (a fantastic site)
• Gerald Home (aka Squid Face) - at Star Wars Interviews (talking about ROTJ & Marquand)