Masalou, a desolate and rocky planet devoid of any moons, circled the yellow star known as Baralou. It held the third orbital position in the Baralou system, situated within the Varada sector of the Outer Rim Territories'.
The initial mention of Masalou occurred in Planets of the Galaxy, Volume One, a 1991 resource for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games. Later, in 2009, The Essential Atlas pinpointed the Baralou [system](/article/star_system-legends], and consequently Masalou, within grid coordinate H-20.