Mirka Sparx

"Reading Jarhead! is probably the closest any being will get to knowing what it's like to be a Marine, short of joining the Corps themselves."

- Mirka Sparx, in an editorial

Mirka Sparx was a Human female journalist from. As of 4,800 BBY she was a senior editor for Coruscant Weekly, when she wrote and published an editorial piece about Jarhead, a that was making the rounds of the 3rd Marine Division. As a result of her praise the holozine's creator, Temuera Mortikai, was asked by the Commandant of the Marine Corps to expand circulation throughout the service branch.

Two years later, Sparx produced a follow-up story, which highlighted how the holozine had evolved as its readership expanded.