Barely Tolerable: Alien Henchmen of the Empire is a three-part series of reference articles featured on the StarWars.com blogs. Written by Abel G. Peña and Rich Handley, it is in the line of the Aliens in the Empire article that was written as an online supplement to Star Wars Insider 96 and 97. Part 1 was released on August 8, 2013, Part 2 was released on August 22, 2013 and Part 3 was released on September 12, 2013.