I will be traveling till Monday so I won't be able to try it, so hopefully my thanks is not premature
Will try on Monday assuming the patch is out and see if ede returns, console in lucky 38 works to dismiss ede. From what is posted for the changelog, it looks like this will do exactly what I was hoping.
Also wondering if ede's inventory will be intact. I have no idea if he has any unique items in his inventory in my game.
thanks for getting the patch out! looking forward to trying it!