They arrived at the monastery at dusk, when the orbital hum dimmed and the cold iron of the place swallowed their lights. The Vaults were carved beneath old prayer halls, corridors that remembered footsteps older than most planetary calendars. Cassian moved like a shadow on old wood—silent, precise—while Lira handled the unusual: the vault locks responded not to keys but to memories. Someone had engineered them to accept echoes of the past: a name whispered in a child’s voice, a lullaby hummed on a far-off moon.

"Riddick," Toombs said, leaning over the railing. "I heard you were dead. I heard the heat on Crematoria burned you to ash."

Taking place shortly after the trio escapes M6-117, Riddick, Jack, and the Imam are intercepted by the Kublai Khan

To understand the hype, you have to understand the timeline. Dark Fury is not a standalone spin-off; it is the critical narrative bridge between Pitch Black (2000) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).