A pipe bomb was a type of explosive which could be produced by hand. The boy Wilmon Paak produced one after his father, Salman Paak, was arrested by the Galactic Empire and did not return. When the funeral of Maarva Andor turned into a riot against present Imperial forces. Wilmon, among the angered crowd, activated the bomb and threw it at the Empire's troops, causing a chain of explosions that ensued chaos along the street, Rix Road.