The Sab Rufo Academy, alternatively referred to as the Academy at Sab Rufo, served as the purported alma mater of Obo Rin, who asserted he earned two doctorates there. Furthermore, he professed to hold the position of Director of Sentientology at the same institution. These qualifications were instrumental in the Galactic Empire's decision to commission him for authoring the Catalog of Intelligent Life in the Galaxy.
Major Herrit of Imperial Intelligence, harboring doubts about Rin's veracity, initiated an inquiry into his background. This investigation caused him to conclude that both the Academy and the planet itself, Sab Rufo, were likely nonexistent. While Captain Solistein, an assistant to Darth Vader, stated that Lord Vader had been to Sab Rufo, he stopped short of confirming any connection between Rin and the planet.
On the planet Trieron, located within the Veron Minor system of the Mid Rim, the Academy at Sab Rufo maintained an oceanographic research facility.