Edward Dewey

Edward Dewey was responsible for rear security along with Rebecca Chambers. While he was Bravo team's primary pilot, that position was taken over by Kevin Dooley during the events of the games, while Edward served as co-pilot.

Despite being a pilot, Edward is regarded as a great sniper. He tends to look after the team younger members like Rebecca and is also the team's mechanic in conjunction with the Vehicle Specialist, Forest Speyer.

Biography


While searching for escaped fugitive Billy Coen, he was attacked by at least two Cerberus' and fled, however Edward was fatally wounded by the creatures but showed a great resistance and strength. Even greatly wounded, he found his way into a nearby train - the "Ecliptic Express" - where he warned Rebecca that there were "zombies and monsters" in the forest, before dying in front of Rebecca. He was later encountered as a zombie feasting on a dead passenger.

Retcon
Edward Dewey's name and his position in S.T.A.R.S. was listed in the English language manual of the original Resident Evil for the PlayStation and other source materials, but was the only S.T.A.R.S. member never to appear in the game. It was originally suggested that the disembodied hand found by Joseph in the opening cutscene was Edward's, whilst the 1999 demo of Resident Evil Zero showed Dewey dying on the Ecliptic Express with a missing hand.

However, after a Retcon for the GameCube remake had the body found by Joseph become Kevin Dooley, there was no reason for Edward to have a missing hand anymore.

Trivia
Edward Dewey's surname comes from an unused character proposed for the original Resident Evil, simply named Dewey. In contrast to Edward, who is a muscular Caucasian, the original Dewey was a thin African-American modeled after Eddie Murphy who was designed to serve as the game's comic relief.

Edward's favorite weapon was his Heckler & Koch G3 SG/1 rifle.