Andre Rohe, formerly with Meta, YouTube and Google, has been hired to lead Disney Entertainment and ESPN's product engineering team.

The former Meta and YouTube executive will oversee a team of engineers focused on digital products and platforms The post Disney Entertainment, ESPN Tap Andre Rohe to Lead Product Engineering Division appeared first on TheWrap.

As it ramps up ahead of the launch of its flagship ESPN streaming service in the fall, Disney has hired an executive from Meta to lead a newly created product engineering group th

According to a new story from The Wrap, the Galactic Starcruiser won’t be transformed into an expansion for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, or any other guest-facing operation. Instead, the plan is to make the building offices for Walt Disney Imagineering, the arm of the Walt Disney Company tasked with creating its theme park experiences.

Galactic Starcruiser at Walt Disney World will be transformed into office space for Imagineers, a Disney World spokesperson confirmed Thursday. No further details were provided. The Walt Disney Imagineering move was first reported by The Wrap.

Galactic Starcruiser, the $1 billion "Star Wars"-themed hotel and experience that Disney opened on March 1, 2022 and closed the following September, shows no signs of returning to a galaxy far, far away.