Mister Chief made his first appearance on January 16, 2004, on a Bungie Weekly Update by Frank O'Connor. Prior to the weekly update, O'Connor requested to use a promotional poster crafted by Lorraine McLees but told that it was not possible at the time. O'Connor then took the effort of creating his own artistic impression of the promotional poster. The drawing depicted a horribly disfigured Master Chief holding a lightsaber.