Stewart moved away to concentrate of a musical career. Sawyer disowned his former association with The Trespassers franchise and the rights were transferred over to Stewart. As early as 1993, Stewart began showing The Trespassers to an entire new audience. This prompted him to release the film on video. Before that was done, Stewart began work on the sequel. It was decided that a new, smaller cast would be used. The idea of a direct sequel/ prequel was scrapped in favour of a sequel which takes place three years later. The stock footage from the first attempt was initially considered, but ultimately discarded. Shooting began in July of '94 under the complete control of Jason Stewart. Actor, Jon Kruithof helped with some of the script, especially for the more technical "doctor speach". Jon's wife-to-be was a registered nurse, making it easy to come up with the technical dialogue. The end result was a slower-paced, dialogue-heavy script. Jason Stewart once again played the "Tasker" role, but he also introduced the concept of "cloning" by playing the role of Tasker's identical clone, Reksat. The movie set itself apart from the original. Perhaps that was its initial downfall. Splitting Images: Trespassers II was released in August, 1994 and was panned. It disappeared into obscurity for nearly a decade. In 2001 the "Director's Special Edition" of the original Trespassers proved such a hit that Stewart decided to do the same treatment to Splitting Images. Using footage from the failed '92 shoot, the film was completely re-edited. A number of new branching scenes integrated the lost footage into the existing movie. The result was a much-improved version; the sequel that it should have been. The new version was released to video in October, 2003, complete with an added documentary, Beyond Splitting Images, that featured interviews, deleted scenes, out-takes and more.
