Boaz served within the ranks of the Stormtrooper Corps throughout the duration of the Galactic Civil War. Shortly following the Battle of Yavin, he participated as a member of a specialized unit tasked with retrieving the prototype starship, the Staraker, after it had been stolen; their pursuit led them to the Alashan system. A superlaser that was discharged from the planet's surface resulted in the Staraker's forced crash-landing on Alashan, and it also obliterated the primary Imperial warship. Boaz and his squad preceded the larger cruiser, arriving on Alashan aboard a smaller vessel, and they managed to survive the cruiser's annihilation.
On Alashan's surface, the team encountered Luke Skywalker alongside Leia Organa, and they collectively resolved to collaborate in order to determine the origin of the superlaser. Boaz suffered a broken leg as a result of an avalanche that was triggered when the superlaser targeted a neighboring mountain; he ultimately died because Ensign Kyril Lopaki declined to offer assistance, prioritizing his own survival instead.