Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 is just four days away, and the marketing campaign for it is in full swing. Author Rick Riordan and the rest of the cast and crew of the Disney+ series are promoting the series in interviews with countless online publications. One such interview was between Collider contributor Hannah Hunt and Rick Riordan.In this interview, the author extensively discussed the second season with Hunt and what fans can expect from season 2. The author teased what Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 could be about and why the upcoming season would be relevant for the current times.What did Rick Riordan say about Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2?Hunt revealed earlier in the interview that she had seen four episodes of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2. She brought up to the Percy Jackson author the themes that the second season touches upon. Hunt's question was:"So jumping right into it, right off the bat, I want to talk about Episode 1. Sally tells Percy that being a real hero means standing up for others. I’ve seen through Episode 4, but that is the moment I kept circling back to as I watched the episodes. Sea of Monsters really tests that belief for all of the characters. As the person who created them, what do you think this season reveals about each of their evolving ideas of heroism?"To this, Riordan responded:"Wonderful question, complicated answer, I think. But really, it is about what is the right thing to do, and how do you know it's the right thing to do? It is true that standing up for others is important. However, what does that mean? What does that look like when you apply it? This is about choosing sides, and how do you know which side is the right side? Luke, we know he's the quote-unquote villain, he's the antagonist, but he's not wrong. He is acting on principles that make a lot of sense, and the gods are capricious, and they are bad rulers and bad parents sometimes. When do you take the next step and rebel openly against them? Is that the right move? I don't know that anyone in the season is really 100% sure of that, even Luke. He has conflicted feelings, Percy and Annabeth definitely have conflicted feelings. These are their friends, these are their found family that we're talking about, and it's being ripped apart. It's being ripped in half. I think that's something we can relate to these days. There are a lot of feelings about families being ripped apart. What do you believe? How do you know it's the truth? What side do you stand on? How far do you go to support that side? I'm not saying that's unique to today, but it's certainly still very true of humans."Hearing this, Hunt asked the author to expand upon how Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 was relevant:"Sure. I think found family has only become more present and more important. I think it's always been an important thing that we have, our family that we are born into, but we also find our family, our people, as we get older and explore more of the world. I think the rise of the internet has certainly accelerated that and made it easier to find people who think the same way we do and feel the same way, and have the same likes. That can be an incredibly wonderful thing, but it can also be something that silos us into only finding the people that are like us and that think the same way. That is something I think most people could relate to. Wherever they are and whoever their found family is, they might agree, yeah, that can be isolating, also. It can be a problem. How do we talk to one another if we're only talking to the people that we like? That agree with us, definitely."What do his comments mean for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2? View this post on Instagram Instagram PostLuke Castellan, the son of Hermes, has been regarded as a Killmonger-esque character in Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Things took a dark turn for him when he was set up for failure through a quest in which he received a facial scar. Since then, he was corrupted by Kronos, and the events of the rest of the series are set into motion.Yet, fans over the years have argued that Luke was right to be angry at the Gods. It seems that Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 might split its POV characters, and that includes Luke Castellan.Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 streams on Disney+ on December 10, 2025. As that happens, binge the first season on the OTT platform.