Temuera Mortikai

Temuera Mortikai was a male who served as an officer in the Republic Marines during its early years. As of 4,801 BBY, he was serving as a senior lieutenant and a company commander within the 8th Marine Regiment. That year, he first published the known as Jarhead!, a publication which soon spread to the other two regiments within the 3rd Marine Division. A year later, Jarhead! caught the attention of noted Mirka Sparx, who published an article about it in Coruscant Weekly. Because of this, the holozine quickly grew to become one of the most popular periodicals amongst Marines both active and retired, as well as families of soldiers and officers serving within.

Lieutenant Mortikai eventually rose in rank to join the Marine Corps' admiralty, where he spent the remainder of his career leading the newly-created Office of Public Affairs. His brainchild outlasted the Corps by a number of years, its last issue being produced in 903 BBY.

Behind the scenes
Lieutenant Mortikai's given name was an homage to  actor, who played and provided the voices for other roles.